Here’s the scenario: you’ve finished a huge sprint. The whole team has pushed hard to get it done. Catching up to talk about the past couple of weeks — is the last thing you want to do. But don’t let this opportunity pass you by.
You either agree on creating business value, or you compete
Businesses are focused on using agile to deliver ‘valuable work’. But unless teams have a shared understanding of how value is measured – delivering real value may be missed in the process.
So what does a product owner actually do?
Does this scenario sound familiar? A new development team comes together to build the latest feature which is suddenly priority number #1. Grand visions are presented,…
Better agile ways of working for non-software development teams
The most important question to ask when adopting a new way of working is also one of the most neglected: “is the way we work still working for us?”.
Are you doing agile, or being agile?
The shift to agile ways of working is often made with specific goals and improvements in mind. Being more responsive to customer feedback, getting…
Retrospectives: a fresh look
Retrospectives are fairly common among Agile teams, but it sometimes seems that every team uses the same format:
- What worked well?
- What didn’t work so well?
- What still puzzles me?
Throughout this blog I’d like to introduce you to some different Retrospective techniques.
What is a Story Card workshop?
What is a Story Card workshop? Ryan takes us through this lesser known Agile ceremony to provide an understanding of how it works and the benefit.
Ryan also provides an overview of a technique that has proven to be effective which helps define the scope of user stories in an easy and clear manner.
Scaling Agile with SAFe (the Scaled Agile Framework)
Andrew Blain provides an overview of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Techniques for keeping Workshops running on time
Keeping Workshops running on time can be challenging as there are many factors involved. Ryan discusses a couple of techniques that he recently used for a Project Inception Workshop to keep it on time.
Should BAs be co-located with their Development team?
Co-location is one of the many implications of adopting Agile, however, are many Development Teams, and more specifically Business Analysts adopting it? Ryan will discuss the benefits of co-location, and how to overcome barriers that may prevent co-location.
Handling UI in user stories
Ever wondered how to write requirements for UI when writing user stories?
Rupi talks about how to include UI requirements without overloading your user stories
Requirements pitfalls with BDD
When using a new way to document requirements, it can be easy to fall into pitfalls on ‘what not to do’. Ryan will be taking you through practical examples of what to look out for when using BDD, in order to provide a starting point for writing good requirements.